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Patented DOO. 22, 1885.

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MARK S. THOMPSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HENRY A. LEE,

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DEVICE FOR FEEDING SALT OR COMPRESSED FEED TO CATTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,973, dated December 22, 1885.

Application tiled September 1B, 1885. Serial No. 177,471. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, MARK S. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Feeding Salt or Compressed Feed to Cattle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a hopperin which a block or column of compressed salt or feed is placed, having an oblique opening at its lower end, and a ledge beneath said opening, on which the feed rests.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a block of salt. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the back of the hopper, provided with a hole or other suspension device, a. B B B2 are the sides. The top is closed by a cover, C, While the lower end of the hopper has an oblique opening, D. Just below the opening a ledge, I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARK S. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

A. FABER DU FAUR, J r., E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

